From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 16 21:04:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA03068 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 21:04:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wfdutilgw.ml.com (wfdutilf01.ml.com [206.3.74.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA03053 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 21:04:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ash@fxsing.ml.com) Received: from ml1.ml.com ([199.201.57.130]) by wfdutilgw.ml.com (8.8.7/8.8.7/MLgwo-3.05) with ESMTP id AAA05705 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 00:01:53 -0500 (EST) Received: from tekkie.sg.ml.com (fxsg3.sg.ml.com [131.208.182.28]) by ml1.ml.com (8.8.7/8.8.7/MLml4-2.08) with ESMTP id AAA29370 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 00:03:27 -0500 (EST) Received: from rachel.fxsing.ml.com (rachel.sg.ml.com [131.208.182.50]) by tekkie.sg.ml.com (8.8.7/8.8.7/MLdomain4-2.07) with SMTP id NAA00646 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 13:03:23 +0800 (SST) Received: by rachel.fxsing.ml.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA11844; Sat, 17 Jan 98 13:03:24 SST From: ash@fxsing.ml.com (Ash Yadav) Message-Id: <9801170503.AA11844@rachel.fxsing.ml.com> Subject: Setting up a personal web server on the net To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 13:03:23 +0800 (SST) Cc: ash@tekkie.sg.ml.com (Ash Yadav) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Hi Folks, I have got free bsd up and running at home for the past 2 weeks. The next step for me is to setup a webserver on the net ie. run a webserver from my home . I would appreciate if someone could share their experiences with doing this. Initially I would like to set a minimal system to test the viability of some ideas I have. The machine running the webserver would be dedicated to serve only webpages and some cgi stuff. I am a bit confused as to what the connectivity from the box to the ISP shd be like . Shd the machinebe setupa s a router or firewall. Needless to say that I have a lot of questions. I would appreciate if someone who is running a webserver from their home would share their setup and advice. I will be running apache as the webserver. Any book recomendations are also welcome. TIA .. Regards Ash ;)